covid painting

Most of my paintings to date are basically paint-by-numbers, trying to fill in the various areas with color & texture that makes them match the target image. It’s inexact, and especially for texture, there is a lot of experimentation and failure (see: water for The Return), but it’s typically fun, and progress is fast – the entire painting can be done in 3-5 two hour sessions, each of which adds satisfying levels of new awesomeness.

After my last two attempts, I decided that I’ve become skilled enough to stop painting on art paper, and move to actual canvas.

For my second painting, I picked a much more ambitious image, one of the giant robots from Pacific Rim. I’m happy with the way it turned out, and I also learned a great deal making this one too.

Seeing many weeks of ‘shelter at home’ coming, I stocked up on entertainment (and food, but I’m not worried about that). Thanks to some inspiration from my housemates and a previous experience at paint lounge, I decided to take up painting.